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Episode 2She set her mind on traveling to Europe for a better life and hadensured that lying on her backprovided the funds for herdreams. After being duped twiceby spurious travel agents, shesettled for Ghana. The family only ever heard from her duringChristmas.Ogochukwu, the second born andsecond daughter was theprettiest. At a young age, sheeasily got the attention of boys and men in the hood. After hersecondary school, it was onlyright she latched on to awealthy guy, whose mainbusiness was unknown but droveseveral big and expensive cars and traveled abroad alot. Ogo’s‘husband’ had been very niceto their family until heimpregnated Ogo and asked herto move in with him, promising to‘close road’ after Ogo had delivered the baby. The party heproposed, was supposed to betwo-in-one… Marriage andnaming ceremony. Ogo was nowheavy with her second child andthere was still no ‘closing road’ in sight. She only evershowed up to cry to theirmother that her husband beatsand blames her for thedown...

"Well-" Mr. Okolo scratched his head. He was desperate for money. But the boy was a devil. He was reckless and insane. He could expose everything in his senseless violence. "The police are still hunting in the dark. No tangible evidence. All motives heaped on the driver. The man was unlucky. He married a second wife just last week." the bursar concluded, hoping to reenact the request for the money. "That didn't mean, we've escaped. Mattew's shivvering like a fish. He could be dangerous," Tom said as he looked at him and saw the wave of fear that crisped his eyes. "You gave him part of his money?" asked Mr. Okolo. "He refused to touch it," Tom replied. His clean shaven head, shimmering in the clumsy fingers of sunglight that penetrated into the bar. "then we must do something very quickly." Mr. Okolo said fearfully. The temptation of touching a hundred thousand naira had dragged him into this. ...

Episode 8 The town was small, divided by the main-road and surrounded by sordid brothels housing wayward girls. The motorcylist stopped in front of one of the conspicious brothel and Tom alighted. There was a falling signpost plastered with harsh red, that shone with the name "PARADISE HOTEL." TOM entered the hotel and walked into the small bar. He saw everywhere littered with bottles of beer and smokes of cigarettes as the customers spoke on top of their voices not minding the defeaning noise of music coming from the loud speakers. Immediately, he noticed the school bursar waiting for him. The bursar was already enjoying a bottle of beer. Then he walked up to him and sat down. "What is the latest?" There was an edge in Tom's voice. The bursar had turned out to be a chicken shivering from imaginary police references and cheap traps. "I will not tell you anything, until I see the other fifty thousand," whispered the bursar. His voice modulat...

The village of ifite was perched on a small hill over looking a new express way that ran into a nearby town. It was once an abandoned road, littered with potholes, until, the commissioner for works emerged from awka. The contract for the road was awarded . Soon a shimmering expressway that turned overnight into a busy highway appeared. St. Peter's College, ifite. Was built in 1947 by an irish missionary, Revered father collins. The school moved from grass to grace. A vast undulating compound of over 70acres. The choice of enough land influencing its location in ifite. The school wore the garland of greatness in academic and extra-curricula activites, having won the state's secondary school footbal cup several times. When Tom got down from the bus, the sun was already looking down on him It burnt the enviroment dry with great intensity. Tom had waited until dismissal to sneak out of school. Mattew had proved unreliable and he decided to undertake the journey alone.

Episode 6 "You should be held as a collaborator, if you withhold any information to the police. Think well, and don't say that Tom or Dick is your friend," the policeman said and paused. The mention of Tom sent jitters into Tom. Tom felt goose pimple all over him. However, on a second thought, he realised that the man was talking about Tom, dick and Harry, a common language meaning everybody. "If the school bus driver is here, let come him out, "the policeman ordered. There was a hum of dread among the students. In their minds, the mention of the driver was enough to condemn the man. The school driver was a mean looking man with a mouth like that of a mouse. He had a dark serious facet face which made him look like a wicked man. He walked out, fear written all over him. He was shaking like a leaf torn by the wind. "Come with us." the policeman hissed, watching the man shiverring like an epileptic. They dragged him violently inside the...

(episode 5) Someone among you had given information that led to the robbery. I do not want to point fingers. The criminals are here. Let them come out quitely. And we' ll all forget this unpleasant experience. i'ill give them one promise, i wont prosecute them," the policeman said and paused to weigh the impact of his words. He was delivering the usual police sermon. Not expecting anyone to own up. " the robbery was done by hardened men. The manhandling of the principal family greately pointed to that. The wife was pushed about several times. And she revealed to the police that the boys wore masks. One of them had a local pistol. All criminal think the same. They think they are safe, until when suprised. I want every student to think properly. Whether you've noticed any unusual activity or rumour. Anything that will cement the evidence that we already have. We know the culprits but I'll give them chance to declare themselves like disciplined boys i know thi...

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN. Up to now, the speed record for horizontal flight was held by birds from the swift family: the common swift, for example, can reach speeds of over 100 kilometers per hour. Together with colleagues from the USA, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Radolfzell have now discovered a new front-runner among the acrobats of the air. However, the animal involved here is not a bird but a bat: the Brazilian free-tailed bat shoots through the night skies at over 160 kilometers per hour. Their aerodynamic body shape and longer than average wings compared to other bat species enable them to reach such vast speeds. Birds are still a model for aviation engineers today and remain unequaled when it comes to flight characteristics. While birds can take off at comparatively low speeds, even the most modern aircraft must reach a speed of around 300 kilometers per hour to be able to lift off. The main contributing factors here are the animals' aerodynamic, ...

An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which she carried across her neck. One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water. At the end of the long walks from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full. For a full two years this went on daily, with the woman bringing home only one and a half pots of water. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it could only do half of what it had been made to do. After two years of what it perceived to be bitter failure, it spoke to the woman one day by the stream. "I am ashamed of myself, because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house, making me below standard compared to my mate." The old woman smiled, "Did you notice that there are flowers on your side of the path...

Once upon a time, five beautiful ladies gained admission into the same university. They did not know each other prior to entering the university. But they took interest in one another. Soon, they became friends and were eating and studying together for. For four years, they maintained this relationship, even till they graduated.    however, during the national service, they were posted to different state though all in the western part of Nigeria. This gave them the opportunity of visiting each other. One day, towards the end of their service saw and advertisement in a national daily, calling for applications from job seekers. Luckily, the job fitted them. Thus, the one that saw the advertisement, went and informed others. The next day, the went to the advertisers. When the got there. They saw many people who wanted to be interviewed. But the date was postponed to the following day. On the appointed day, they all assembled in the premises, but the interviewers told them ...

un muchacho áspero y limpiar con un cabeza rapada y sus ojos de color amarillo,fue como los de una serpiente.      "deberíamos volver ahora que nadie nos ha visto, "lloró mattew. Fue striken con miedo. Un mie"buscar y detener snivelling mattew como un pequeño mono." Hubo enojo en la voz de Tom. Él era do que ocupa la mayor parte de él, e hizo de su cuerpo agitar.     "Sólo tienes que seguir las instrucciones de mi Gobierno, no vacilar. Vamos a ir a través de este sin un enganche. Ahora tiene la luz de las antorchas", dijo Tom y. Y arrebató la antorcha de la mano de mattew.      "Nosotros no uséis la luz, hasta llegar al complejo", añadió. La manera habló era grave e intimidante que el asunto tenía miedo de hacer más argumentos.    La noche era fría y el silencio sumido cada donde. Los sonidos regulares de grillos, sizzled en el aire. Los dos muchachos corrían como jack conejos, entrando en el pequeño jardín q...

Episode 3  It was Monday morning. The school was buzzing with silent tension. The assembly hall humming though a bee-hive. Every student's ear and eyes opened wide in anticipation of the new gossip. There was no staff to conduct the assembly. So the senior prefect walk like a shadow of himself up to the dais. He was a tall boy of eighteen years. "good morning, fellow students!" he greeted sadly and continued. "we all witnessed the horrible incident of last night. A thing unheard of in the annals of st. Peter's college. The questions we should ask ourselves is why is it st. Peters? A school known for values, moral excellence and absolute discipline. The prince of all schools in this local government." there was fire in his eyes. The fire brightened, as his words tumbled out like furious waves to the students. The morning sun had crisped the eastern horizon in pink. Above was a clear sky beautified by lovely white cirrus cloud. suddenly,...

Read Episode 1 here https://helzita.blogspot.nl/2016/09/trouble-in-school-episode-1.html?m=1 Episode 2 funny, action. masked in their eye-opened pillow cases, they stealthily moved into the house. The entrance door was hinging to open. A beam of light came from behind the door. The boys reached the door and hid by the side. The door suddenly opened. "who's there?" the hoarse voice of the principal echoed into the night. It was a voice devoid of resonance and power. The lantern he was carrying illuminating just a few yards in front of him. He was in his pajamas and the further darkness he could not see through, put a dreadful fear in him. The dogs had stopped barking and there was a cold sinister tension that hing like thick cotton wool over the snarling of the dogs. then the principal stepped into the darkness as the lantern dangled in his hand. He decided to check, what had happened to his dogs. As he walked quickly towards the direction of ...

AFTER EXTENSION    It was wednesday, and i went to Oil mill market in port Harcourt to get myself some hair extensions. As I walked past one old woman's "shed", a beautiful pack of hair attachments caught my eye. "Wow!" I thought." i just had to have them".     Two days later, i had the extension attached to my hair. on Monday, I carried them to school. My friends loved them. After school, we were to stay for some extension classes in chemistry. We were supposed to spend an hour and 30minutes. But, it took a lot of time to explain this topic, "SALTS" We ended up closing very late (6:30pm). The friend I usually went home with had left earlier, so i ha to take a taxi home. It was so very late. I arrived at the lonely narrow path leading down to our street at about 8:30pm. It seemed I'd been caught in the traffic jam too long. I'd been out alone till this time. I started thinking about all the Nigerian horror movies I'd...

Episode 1 "look up mattew and stop snivelling like a small monkey." There was anger in tom's voice. He was a rough boy with a clean-shaved head and his yellow coloured eyes,was like those of a snake. "we should go back now that nobody has seen us, "cried mattew. He was striken with fear. A fear that took the greater part of him and made his body shake. "just follow my instructions, don't waver. We'll go through this without a hitch. Now let have the torchlight," tom said and. And snatched the torch from mattew's hand. "we dont use the light, until we get into the compound," he added. The manner he spoke was grave and intimidating that matter was scared of making further argument. the night was cold and silence engulfed every where. The regular sounds of crickets, sizzled in the air. The two boys ran like jack rabbits, entering into the small garden that guided the principal's house. The house was in total dar...

It was midnight. The kitchen was quite dark. And the only noise, was the drip! Drip!! Drip!!! Of a tap that hadn't been quite turned off. I stood, and peering into the darkness with my heart thudding in my ears, i heard a man's voice in the kitchen that i had come to check. suddenly, i saw him. He had something shiny in his right hand and was forcing open the door leading to the parlour. I stood speechless. It was like a nightmare.The night was getting too adventurous within three minutes. At first, i thought of raising an alarm, but on a second thought, i thought it not wise as at that moment, i wasn't sure he wasn't armed. I made straight for my daddy's room hoping the "one man's devilish act" wouldn't progress further. My father was out in no time. thanks to all those days of signal practice. Though my mother had thought it madness, our signals were quite useful now as we mapped out our plan without a word. We stood at the door to ...

A wonderful new world at secondary school i found myself in a new and wonderful world. For the first time i saw a laboratory and we started to learn some real science. To begin with, i was completely puzzled by the biology classes but soon the subject came to have a great fascination for me. I had never been good at mathematics but at munali i had a good teacher and the subject soon lost it terrors so that when we took the final examination i came second in the class. History had always been my best subject but for some reason i did not do well in it, perhaps because it was all southafrican history that we had to study. English literature i came to love but i did badly in the grammar paper at the end of my course.      we lived a full and interesting life at munali. It was by no means all work and study in the classroom. I immediately found myself in the football team and we had many exciting and some very rough matches with local teams. I still carry on ...